Miral Audiobook

" Read this for book club. It was ok, definitely not my favorite. I prefer books with more action and a bit of happiness. This was lacking both. Just not my kind of book. "

" A must read for any die hard supporter of Israeli policies. Whether all the characters' stories are true or not, I was drawn into the displaced and stateless Palestinian people and their struggle. "

" The second half was better than the first. "

" I read this book because of the movie they produced and how much controversy there was...however the book is very poorly written. I am shocked that there is so much controversy, there is bound to be these feelings on both sides of a war. "

" Not a big fan of this one. I found it hard to engage with the characters, there was something superficial about them. I intend to see the movie, though. "

" "Miral" reaches for a humane simplicity concerning the chaos of the situation in Israel vis-a-vis the Palestinians but it's too reductive to be as effective/affecting as it wishes to be... "

" It's a lovely story. The writing never engaged me, mostly because it felt like a series of observations instead of the characters' emotions, almost like the blueprint for a script rather than a novel. "

" I really enjoyed this book! I kept thinking to myself, how would I act if my country was under so much stress and violence? Could I step up and be so politically active such as Miral, knowing that it upset my family, I could be arrested or kicked out of school? Very beautifully written! "

" An account of the Israel-Palestine issue from a personal angle. there are no good guys nor bad guys, just ordinary ppl born into these conflicts, trying thier best to make sense of these troubles, eeking out a living and hoping for peace. "